Proverbs 24:8
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מְזִמָּה
mᵉzimmâh
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
מְזִמָּה mᵉzimmâh
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
Study H4209 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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